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Philharmonic plays Carnegie Hall

Philharmonic plays Carnegie Hall

With Carnegie Hall and the billboard advertising their concert behind them, members of the Penn State Philharmonic posed for a group picture on Wednesday afternoon, March 24, before going inside the historic concert hall to rehearse. Once the official photo was taken, the musicians had some fun, responding with an appropriate "PENN STATE!" to the prompt of "WE ARE," letting everyone nearby know who was in town. The group performed for the fourth annual Penn State President's Concert, a collaborative effort involving the Penn State School of Music, Penn State Office of the President and Penn State Alumni Association.

Adrienne Knauer played the harp to entertain guests at the Penn State Alumni Association reception before the fourth annual Penn State President's Concert, held this year at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, March 24.

Roger Williams, executive director of the Penn State Alumni Association, welcomed guests to the association's pre-concert reception at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday evening, March 24. The fourth annual Penn State President's Concert featured the Penn State Philharmonic.

A semicircle of basses performs during Ottorino Respighi's Pines of Rome, played by the Penn State Philharmonic during the first half of the Penn State President's Concert on Wednesday evening, March 25, at Carnegie Hall.

The Penn State Philharmonic, under the direction of Gerardo Edelstein, performed works by Alberto Ginastera, Ottorino Respighi and Sergei Rachmaninoff for the fourth annual Penn State President's Concert, held Wednesday, March 24, at Carnegie Hall.

After intermission, the Penn State Philharmonic performed Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44. The Philharmonic performed for the fourth annual Penn State President's Concert, held Wednesday evening, March 24, at Carnegie Hall.

Percussionists were busy after the Penn State President's Concert, loading their instruments onto a moving truck to be transported back to Penn State. The musicians performed Wednesday evening, March 24, at Carnegie Hall.